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Sci Fi Channel to Broadcast Gundam 00 Season 2 Starting June 29th

Jun 19th 2009

June 19, 2009 (Cypress, CA) –Bandai Entertainment Inc., in a license with Starz Media,
announced the return of Gundam 00 to SCI FI Channel on June 29th on the “Ani-Monday” block,
which features leading programming from Manga Entertainment, a division of Starz Media. Two
episodes will air each week during a 13 week run.

“It's great to be working with Starz Media and SCI FI Channel on the second season of Gundam
00 to US television. The second season really builds to a great climax” said Ken Iyadomi,
President of Bandai Entertainment Inc.

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 is the latest installment in the long running franchise and takes place in
the year 2307 A.D. When fossil fuels have been completely depleted and humanity has turned to
solar energy to maintain its way of life, the controlling nations of the solar power find themselves
at war with more impoverished countries and threats to the “promised land of God” lead to the
formation of a group called the Celestial Being, whose purpose is to end war and unite humanity
through the use of four Gundam mech. The second season picks up the action four years later
when a peace-keeping force called “A-Laws” has risen to power posing new challenges for
Celestial Being. The series is directed by Seiji Mizushima whose past credits as a director and
storyboard artist include Fullmetal Alchemist, Evangelion, and Appleseed: Ex Machina.

About Bandai Entertainment Inc.
Bandai Entertainment Inc. is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings (USA) Inc. and the premier
distributor of Japanese animation on DVD and programming for television broadcast in North
America. Titles include Code Geass Lelouch of Rebellion, Gurren Lagaan, The Melancholy of
Haruhi Suzumiya, Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, Escaflowne, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone
Complex, Gundam Seed Destiny, My Hime, and many more.

About SCI FI Channel
SCI FI Channel is a television network that fuels the imagination of viewers with original series
and events, blockbuster movies and classic science fiction and fantasy programming, as well as a
dynamic Web site (www.scifi.com). Launched in 1992, and currently in 95 million homes, SCI
FI Channel is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment
companies. SCI FI will become Syfy on July 7, 2009.

About Starz Media
Starz Media, LLC, is a programming production and distribution company operating worldwide.
It includes the Film Roman, Anchor Bay Entertainment, and Manga Entertainment brands. Its
units create animated and live-action programming -- including theatrical films -- and
programming created under contract for other media companies. It distributes that programming,
and programming acquired from outside producers, through home video retailers, theaters,
broadcasters, ad supported and premium television channels, and Internet and wireless video
distributors in the US and internationally. Starz Media (www.starzmedia.com) is an operating
unit of Starz, LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, and is
attributed to Liberty Capital Group, a tracking stock group of Liberty Media Corporation.

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